diff --git a/roles/ara_api/tasks/install/pypi.yaml b/roles/ara_api/tasks/install/pypi.yaml
index 01e8607..1969204 100644
--- a/roles/ara_api/tasks/install/pypi.yaml
+++ b/roles/ara_api/tasks/install/pypi.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 - name: Install required packages from Pypi
   pip:
     name: ara[server]
-    virtualenv: "{{ ara_api_venv_path }}"
     state: present
+    virtualenv: "{{ ara_api_venv | bool | ternary(ara_api_venv_path, omit) }}"
     virtualenv_command: /usr/bin/python3 -m venv
 
 - name: Prefix the virtualenv bin directory to PATH